Worrying rise in the number of children on surgical waiting lists in Ireland
David Cullinane TD is calling on the Minister for Health for reduced hospital wait times for children There has been a rise in the number of children on surgical waiting lists in Ireland, according to new National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) data. According to the data, the number of children waiting for surgeries and other […]
2 years ago
Spike in the number of children on hospital waiting lists as flu season approaches
The Irish Hospital Consultants Association has issued a warning as flu season approaches. The organisation stated that waiting lists for child inpatient and day-case treatment have significantly increased over the past year and could deteriorate further this winter due to expected severe overcrowding in our paediatric hospitals. New analysis from the IHCA shows that over […]
3 years ago
Waiting times for children in need of urgent care have increased by 30% in just 12 months
Cork has some worrying figures. Upwards of 100,000 children nationwide are on waiting lists for first-time intervention in primary hospitals for services in eyes, speech and language, physio and psychology. An alarming 30,000 of those children have been on waiting lists for more than a year. Figures from the HSE between May last year compared […]
3 years ago
Parents in Dublin furious over extreme GP waiting lists
Parents are shocked over major waiting times in GPs GPs are now experiencing a major demand due to an increase in RSV and other seasonal viruses. Ireland’s healthcare system has been under extreme pressure since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Between staff shortages, waiting lists, and high demand, the system simply can’t cope at […]
5 years ago
1,635 children in Ireland wait more than a year for a psychology appointment
1,635 children in Ireland have waited more than a year for a psychology appointment. New figures given to Fianna Fáil Mental Health Spokesperson James Browne show that many children spent all of last year waiting for a primary care psychology appointment. The figures also showed that there were 6,181 children waiting for a mental health based appointment […]
9 years ago
Irish mum shares heartbreaking video of daughter in agonising pain
Kildare mum Tina O’Kelly has shared a video of her 21-year-old daughter Colleen in agony and pleaded with Health Minister Simon Harris for a surgery date. Colleen O’Kelly has Joubert Syndrome and has now been waiting for an appointment for two years just to get on the list for scoliosis surgery. Her mum Tina says that Colleen’s condition […]
10 years ago